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my personal opinion is to use the minimal install if you have a good internet connection and if you plan to use gentoo a lot. Gentoo requires you to manipulate a lot of files and to know your system well. Using the graphical installer might be faster but it won't let you get into the nuts and bolts of your system and might end up eating up more of your time trying to do basic things like changing fstab, make.conf, etc....... You will do these things in the text install and then forever remember how to do them. Just my 2 cents.

All right, brain. You don't like me and I don't like you, but let's just do this and I can get back to killing you with beer. All New Users Read This!!! If you have a grub problem please look at GRUB MANUAL

Here's why Linux is easier than Windows:
Package Managers! Apt-Get and Portage (among others) allow users to install programs MUCH easier than Windows can.
Hardware Drivers. In SuSE, ALL the hardware is detected and installed automatically! How is this harder than Windows' constant disc changing and rebooting?